in the last few hours, there have been control checks across the country, and if they find him, mr puigdemont will possibly end up injail. puigdemont returned to barcelona today as the catalan parliament is electing a new president for the region. this man, salvador illa, is a politician who doesn't support independence. he will be elected as head of the catalan government. and that's obviously after pro—independence groups lost their majority in may's regional election. some more breaking news about the unrest around england and northern ireland. the labour councillor ricky jones has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments at a london counterprotest. labour have suspended rickyjones from the party after his video emerged online of him addressing the crowd at a protest in walthamstow in north london and that was last night. the video purports to show him saying far—right leaders need to have their throats cut. the labour leader said these comments are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. scientists say they've discovered that the potential success of a racehorse can

parliament passed an amnesty law pardoning those involved in the failed independence bid in 2017, mr puigdemont forcada has more. after seven years in self—imposed exile, this was a much anticipated return for puigdemont supporters. hundreds of them gathered in front of catalan parliament in barcelona for a welcome rally. nobody knows how he got there because he had to do it in secret as he's still facing a possible arrest. the spanish supreme court considers that the new amnesty law that drops legal action against pro—independence leaders doesn't fully apply to him, because it doesn't include the charges of embezzlement, of which he's accused of. conscious of a possible imminent arrest, mr puigdemont told his supporters that he wasn't sure when he would see them again. translation: the amnesty law was supposed to be - returned to politics and it should never have left. but this did not suit some members of the supreme court. and so we are not interested in being part of a country where an amnesty law does not give amnesty, a country where an amnesty law is not respected is a country that has a

in the last few hours, there have been control checks across the country, and if they find him, mr puigdemontna today as the catalan parliament is electing a new president for the region. this man, salvador illa, it's a politician who doesn't support independence. he will be elected as head of the catalan government. and that's obviously after pro—independence groups lost their majority in may's regional election. yunus has returned and is expected to be sworn in as an adviser any minutes. we have been expecting it in the last hour and we will bring you those live pictures as and when it happens. we will speak to samira hussain. hello there. it is one of those days. it is going to be unsettled thanks to low pressure. bringing you more of a breeze a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain. it will tend to clear away this evening and overnights towards the north sea. it stays quite breezy, further showers particularly across western areas. but it will be a warm, muggy night. we hold on to a lot of cloud, it stays quite breezy, further showers, particularly across western areas, but it will be a warm, mu

parliament passed an amnesty law pardoning those involved in the failed independence bid in 2017, mr puigdemontliament votes on electing a new president for the region. earlier, i spoke to our europe editor, danny aeberhard, who told us about the significance of this development. the timing of his return is very deliberate and disruptive. there is a socialist giving a speech in the catalan parliament, if he is elected head of regional government, would be the first head of catalonia's regional government not to advocate for catalonian independence for more than a decade so a considerable shift. so one of the pro independence heros returns, disrupts this ceremony. if he is arrested, his party have said they will push for that vote to be suspended and it puts spain's democracy in a dilemma because as carles puigdemont has said already, what country passes an amnesty law but then does not advocate amnesty. that poses a problem of the democratic nature to spain. three taylor swift concerts in vienna have been cancelled due to security concerns. it comes after two men were detained on suspicion of p

parliament passed an amnesty law pardoning those involved in the failed independence bid in 2017, mr puigdemontt votes on electing a new president for the region. 0ur europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, told me about the significance of this development. the timing of his return is very deliberate and disruptive. basically, salvador ela, illa, who's a socialist, is he's just giving a speech there. we saw pictures of him earlier in the catalan parliament. he, if he's elected the head of the regional government, would be the first head of catalonia, catalonia's regional government, not to advocate independence for more than a decade. so it would be a considerable shift. so there then, the one of the pro—independence heroes, according to if you're a separatist in catalonia, returns disrupts this ceremony. if he's arrested, his party has said that they'll push for that vote, that investitu re vote to be suspended. so it's a really intriguing situation, and it puts spain's democracy in a dilemma because, as carles puigdemont himself said to the supporters, what happens in a country that passes

mr puigdemont earlier evaded police to address supporters in barcelona, despite facing an arrest warranting his escape. the african union's health agency says m—pox is spreading at an alarming rate, and a public health emergency will be declared soon. it said infection rates had gone up by 160% in the past year. a new variant of the infectious disease is spreading beyond the borders of the democratic republic of congo, where m—pox is endemic. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has signed a decree blocking access to the social media platform x for ten days. mr maduro accused elon musk of of inciting hate, civil war and death. the two men have traded insults since nicolas maduro was declared the winner of last month's disputed presidential election. un member states have approved a treaty targeting cybercrime, despite criticism from human rights activists that it could be used to justify restrictions on freedom of expression. the treaty — originally proposed by russia — will come into force once a0 countries have ratified it. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the br